[WEB4LIB] Re: E-mail in Public Libraries

[Drew, Bill]

I think the only legitimate reason to restrict use of e-mail is scarce
resources in a library, public or otherwise.  We restrict use of e-mail,
chat, and games on our public machines because:

		*only 8 public use computers.
		*over half of our students now have laptops.
		*many computer labs around campus with no restrictions.


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Wilfred (Bill) Drew
Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference
SUNY Morrisville College Library
drewwe at morrisville.edu 
Home: http://www.morrisville.edu/~drewwe 
Not Just Cows: http://www.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/njc/ 
Library: http://www.morrisville.edu/library/